Easy Eye vs ZRefractive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easy Eye
This app serves as a patient education tool for eye care professionals. It features a 3D eye model for interactive demonstrations, a vision simulator to illustrate corrections and disturbances, and tools to visualize visual field defects and light effects like halos and glare.
- Interactive 3D eye model
- Vision simulator for corrections
- Halo & glare simulation
- Visual field defect simulator
- 3D animations for explanations
- Drawing comments on 3D model
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The best patient education system for ophthalmologists. Start today and work more productively, save time in patient education and offer your services in the best possible way! 3D EYE MODEL Use your fingers to move the new 3D eye model on your iPad or use your fingers or a compatible pen to draw your comments directly on the 3D model. Choose different camera perspectives, cloud the lense with a simple tap and move an IOL in the capsular bag of the eye. Ideal for an individual patient education. VISION SIMULATOR Starting from the personal vision of the patient, you can show different correction procedures (IOL) and visual disturbances with the Vision Simulator. HALO&GLARE SIMULATOR With the new Halo & Glare simulator, you can simulate halo, glare and starburst around light sources at dawn / night. Inform your patients about possible side effects of premium lenses in a personal conversation. VISUAL FIELD DEFECT SIMULATOR With the new visual field defect simulator, visual field defects can be simulated more realistically for a better patient understanding. This facilitates patient education and helps you to emphasize the need for early detection. ANIMATIONS A wide variety of easy to understand 3D animations help you to explain complicated issues. WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY: "Compulsory download for ophthalmologists." - Ophthal-Optics.de "Patient education was never so easy, vivid, comprehensible and efficient." - Dr. Stefan Bültman (Deputy County Chairman BaWü, Professional Association of ophthalmologists (BVA) Baden-Württemberg, Germany) "The perfect education assistent for optometrists, ophthalmologists and physician assistants." - Dr. Klostermann (Auregio GmbH, Germany) "Easy Eye is ideal to ensure a consistent quality of education across multiple practice locations." - Prof. Dr. med. Fabian ("AugenCentrum" Rosenheim, Germany) "My opinion of patient education systems has turned 180 ° to the positive." - Dr. Sachers (eye Centre Basel, Switzerland) "Can´t do it without Easy Eye." - Dr. Oancea (ophthalmologist, Germany) Learn more about IKONION® and our products on our homepage. Terms of Use: http://ikonion.com/privacypolicy.html
ZRefractive
This app provides educational and marketing content related to ZEISS refractive procedures for customers. Healthcare professionals can use it to inform patients directly from digital devices, share content, and connect with their practice development team.
- ZEISS refractive content access
- Patient education tools
- Digital content sharing
- Email content option
- Contact practice development team
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The ZRefractive app was designed for ZEISS refractive customers. The app provides access to ZEISS refractive related content intended for patient education and marketing purposes. ZEISS customers can use the app to educate patients directly from digital devices, download or email specific content, or contact their practice development team directly through the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ZRefractive at 5.0 against Easy Eye's 4.5. ZRefractive also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Easy Eye's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Easy Eye sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ZRefractive asks for nothing beyond the download.
ZRefractive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively.
Easy Eye ships an update monthly, ZRefractive every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Easy Eye | ZRefractive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IKONION | bigtincan mobile pty ltd |
Customer experience
Easy Eye
ZRefractive
In-app purchases
Easy Eye
- Easy Eye Premium$99.99
ZRefractive
No in-app purchases








